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81) Lunar new year
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Little Simon
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2018.
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Introduces Lunar New Year, describing the food, decorations, and activities of the holiday.
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Chinese (Mandarin) English Bilingual Book. Perfect for kids studying English or Chinese as their second language. In this touching bedtime story, a little girl describes why her Mom is awesome. We see her going through her day, carrying the warmest feeling about her mother. Mom always knows how she feels and can help with any problem. Mom can make the most complicated braid and explain fractions; Mom can help to wake her up in the morning and hug...
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Featuring "Remembering Blackfish in Black Pool," a short story by Zhang Wei, translated by Chu Dongwei:How much ink is needed to dye such a stretch of sand black! Decades have passed but its color is as before. People nowadays don't know why there is such a large stretch of black sand amid the dozens of square miles of brown soil and sand, but I clearly remember that here in this place there was originally a black pool and the day the pool was filled...
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Chinese English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Chinese as their second language. Fun bedtime story with important message. Jimmy the little bunny is in trouble. Accidently, he ruined his mother favourite flowers. Will it help if he lies? Or is it better to tell the truth and try to solve the problem in different way? Help your children to learn to be more honest with this fun children's book.
小兔子吉米遇到麻烦了。他不小心弄坏了他妈妈最喜欢的花儿。他撒谎有用吗?还是说真话好一些,然后用别的办法解决问题?
和这本有趣的儿童故事书一起,帮助您的孩子学着变得更诚实。...
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This is an extensive and user–friendly Chinese–English dictionary. The Tuttle English–Chinese Dictionary is the only English–Chinese dictionary specifically designed for English speakers who are learning the Chinese language. It provides comprehensive, accurate and up–to–date definitions for over 40, 000 words, phrases and idioms, including the latest vocabulary for business, technology, sport and the media. Concise definitions are given...
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Chinese English Bilingual Children's Book. Perfect for kids studying English or Chinese as their second language.
Jimmy, the little bunny, is very upset and nervous. Tomorrow is his first day in daycare, but he just wants to stay at home with his mom. Join Jimmy to find out how his friendly teddy bear helps him to feel excited. This children's book can help your little ones overcome their worries of leaving their parents for the first time, while...
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Let's Talk Mandarin Chinese!
Too many foreign language books start off with everything that you don't need to know right away. Of course, to understand any language you need to learn its grammar, sentence structure, and idiosyncrasies. No foreign language can be learned overnight. But what if there's no time?
For people who just need or want to dive in and start speaking, there's a quick, easy solution: Let's Talk Mandarin Chinese! Inside this handy...
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A wealthy girl runs away with her cousin, a poor stonecarver. A scholar finds true love inside a book. Two lovers defy death to be together. And a young man finds love with two ghosts.
Believe it or not, it's possible for you to read and understand the four wonderful love stories in this book even if you start off not knowing a single word of Chinese! We won't lie to you and say it will be easy, but with time and patience you can certainly do it....
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Telling Truths: Storying Motherhood is a collection of creative non-fiction essays. Through story, contributing authors explore how expectations collide with the complex realities we face as we mother. They illustrate how mothering is inextricably linked to the positions we occupy within our specific socio-cultural contexts; how our versions of mothering are transformed in relationship to the children we raise, long for, and mourn. Together, as writers...
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A young boy shares a little house in Beijing with 23 cats. His friend comes to visit, but the two of them can't sit down, can't study, and can't even eat dinner together because of all the cats. What to do? The answer, which involves a very large dog, will surprise and delight you.
This wonderful little tale is for beginning Chinese students of all ages. Its tiny vocabulary of just 101 words is taken from the HSK1 list of words used to teach beginning...
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A simple introduction to Chinese writing, pronunciation and intonation using short stories. Appropriate for all ages. Reading basic Chinese becomes simplified in this highly attractive and unusual manual designed for readers of all ages. Chinese writing, pronunciation, and vocabulary are described here in an entertaining and interesting manner to help beginners learn quickly. The author starts with simple characters and then combines these to make...
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In this, the 4th book in our Journey to the West series, we leave the imprisoned Sun Wukong behind, and tell the story of Xuanzang, the monk chosen by the Buddha to undertake the dangerous journey westward to India and bring sacred wisdom back to China. Unlike the previous books which told of Sun Wukong's great adventures (and misadventures) across heaven and earth, this story deals with smaller, human-scale events and the traditional themes of love,...
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Editorial: A Movie Is Not a Movieby Chu Dongwei2020 will be remembered in history as a very special year. For much of the first half of the Chinese lunar year, cinemas were closed in the country due to the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. Filmmakers and cinemas ready to make another big harvest with the annual Chinese New Year blockbusters found their fortune gone in a day. A few smart movie producers quickly switched to online video platforms and...
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This e book reveals the main issues which occupy the current Chinese society today And some of the main topics concerning the Chinese traditional vast culture. All is written in Chinese characters followed by pinyin and English. Ideal for the mandarin student to gain knowledge about the vast China while increase his Chinese language level.
96) Complementary Book for Mandarin Students: Chinese Easy Stories,Humor,Culture ,Habits,Writing Letters
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This complementary book has 5 chapters which includes Chinese short stories and humor, various topics from the Chinese profound culture and common habits of the Chinese people. Concludes is a format of a Chinese letter. All the content is written in Chinese characters, followed by Pinyin and English.
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English Chinese (Mandarin) children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Chinese as their second language.
Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating habits and even...
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Explores the challenges of translating Chinese works for Western readers, particularly premodern texts.
This book explores the challenges of translating Chinese works, particularly premodern ones, for a contemporary Western readership. Reacting against the "cultural turn" in translation studies, contributors return to the origin of translation studies: translation practice. By returning to the time-honored basics of linguistics and hermeneutics,...
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Chinese English children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Chinese as their second language. Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating habits and even likes to...
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This book examines the changes taking place in literary writing and publishing in contemporary China under the influence of the emerging market economy. It focuses on the revival of literary best sellers in the Chinese book market and the establishment of a best-seller production machine. The author examines how writers have become cultural entrepreneurs, how state publishing houses are now motivated by commercial incentives, and how 'second-channel,'...
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